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very nice. You’re
always smiling when I see you and…”
    “Who wouldn’t smile at the sight of
such a pretty young girl?” I asked, trying to keep my eyes focused
on hers.
    Tammy looked away and started to blush
again.
    “See, like I said, you’re always really
nice.”
    I laughed softly, at what was a pretty
good recovery on her part. I knew I was in danger of pushing too
hard, but couldn’t resist one more try.
    “I don’t mean personality, I mean
appearance, you like my hair and eyes, anything else?”
    Tammy shook her head.
    “I’m not sure what you mean Mr…
Josh.”
    “You know what I mean Tammy.” I told
her, then putting my finger up continued, “Tell you what, you said
you needed to ask me something, but it’s my house and I’m going to
ask you something first okay? I mean fair is fair
right?”
    “I suppose,” she said
dubiously.
    “Okay, here we go,” Taking my hands, I
placed them on my chest. “Tammy, do you think I’m
attractive?”
    “I…” she frowned. “I’m not sure I
should answer that.”
    “Why?” I prodded, “You afraid to hurt
my feelings?”
    “No, but I know you and like, you’re
older and…”
    I rolled my eyes.
    “You’re losing your flattery points!” I
laughed, and then said, “Looks aren’t about age Tammy, someone is
good looking or they’re not. Now, let’s try it this way, picture
that you don’t know me or how old I am or anything like that, you
see me in a club what’s your first thought?”
    “You…” she looked away and said softly,
“I think you’re a nice looking guy, you’re in good shape and you
have those blue eyes and a great smile.” She stopped and still not
looking at me sighed, “Josh, can I talk about why I’m here
now?”
    “A deal’s a deal,” I told her, “Go
ahead, hon what can I do for you?” More importantly what will you
do for me?
    “Remember I mentioned a few days ago
that I needed money for next semester?”
    I nodded, fighting to keep a neutral
expression on my face as my fantasy became one step closer to
reality.
    “I’ve asked everyone I know and no one
has that kind of money. I tried the banks, but I don’t have any
credit and I…”
    She trailed off and now that I was
assured of my chance to play the game, asked softly,
    “Tammy, are you asking to borrow a
thousand dollars?”
    She stopped and to my delight I saw her
lower lip began to tremble. I was going to say something soothing
to let her know it was open, but before I could, she blurted
out,
    “Mr. Daniels I know it’s a lot of money
and I have a lot of nerve asking, but my Mom and Dad don’t have
anything and I don’t know anyone else!”
    She stopped and I had to pause, to
insure that I could sound hesitant.
    “You’re right, that is a lot of
money.”
    “I know it is,” she said softly, “But
I’ll pay it back, I promise I will!”
    The lip was trembling again and I
paused to savor that delicious sign of how upset she was. Letting
out a deliberate sigh, I shook my head.
    “I don’t see how, you don’t make a lot
of money,” I shrugged. “I would be waiting a long time to get it
back.”
    “I’ll figure out a way, I’ll get a
second job!” she said, her voice beginning to crack.
    “You know Tammy, maybe you could just
take on-line courses for a semester, and you won’t need as much aid
so you’ll be covered.” I fought not to smile when I finished. I
already knew how the system worked.
    “But if I don’t go to classes, I’ll lose my student housing and
then I won’t have a place to live!”
    Putting her head down, she looked up at
me through her long eyelashes and whispered, “Please Mr. Daniels?
I’ll have to leave school and go back home!”
    My cock, which had calmed down as we
had been speaking, immediately rose to attention as I looked into
her distraught brown eyes. Not for the first time I wondered if
there were something wrong with me, but as always shrugged it off,
there was nothing wrong with a game of